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converting ieee-float-format to pw-wave-float-format [message #2679]

Wed, 24 August 1994 02:58

SLAMECZKA
Messages: 4
Registered: August 1994

Junior Member

Hi everybody!!

My problem is the following:

I have an 4 byte float in the ieee-format and should convert it into the
pw_wave-format.

To do so, I had to shift the byte by 2, that means:
byte1 byte2 byte3 byte4 had to be shifted:

--> byte3 byte4 byte1 byte2

in pw_wave I do the following

readu,1,flo
print,flo ---> byte3 byte4 byte1 byte2
print,float(flo,0) ---> floaatingpointnumber

now my problem realy starts:
the result is only one quarter of the originally number, that means, if I had
a 10 then i get as result in pw_wave 2.5!!!

Are there any solutions on that problem?
whats the correct definition of the ieee-float-format?

Any solutions right here
or to
slameczka@biomech.biol.ethz.ch

thanks a lot

Michael

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